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Chinese
Pronunciation 1
Etymology 1
Verb
使人
- to make one; to cause people (put before a noun or adjective to create a description); to set people (to do something)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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to use; to employ
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man; person; people
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simp. and trad.
(使人)
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使
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人
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Noun
使人
- (literary) servant
Synonyms
- 傭人／佣人
- 僕人／仆人 (púrén)
- 僕役／仆役 (púyì)
- 僕隸／仆隶 (púlì) (literary)
- 太保 (tàibǎo) (literary, honorific)
- 奴僕／奴仆 (núpú)
- 奴役 (núyì) (literary)
- 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
- 底下人 (dǐxiarén)
- 臣僕／臣仆 (chénpú) (literary)
- 蒼頭／苍头 (cŏng-tàu) (Eastern Min, dated, derogatory)
Pronunciation 2
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to send as an envoy abroad
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man; person; people
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simp. and trad.
(使人)
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使
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人
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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使
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人
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shǐ
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rén
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sriH ›
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‹ nyin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s-rəʔ-s/
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/*ni/
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| English
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envoy
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(other) person
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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使
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人
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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| No.
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11491
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10800
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Phonetic
component
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史
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人
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Rime
group
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之
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𩢲
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仁
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Old
Chinese
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/*srɯs/
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/*njin/
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Verb
使人
- (Classical) to send someone
Noun
使人
- (Classical) emissary; envoy; messenger